The American video game studio Blizzard canceled the annual Blizzconline conference, in which it usually announces its upcoming releases and news and which it planned to hold in early 2022. The decision was taken after the cases of harassment and discrimination against employees that have occurred…
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Internet users suffer cyberbullying
About 60 % of Internet users have been exposed to cyberbullying in some way. These attacks cause damage that affects both mental and physical health, in addition to conditioning the victim's way of acting. The data was published by the…
Facebook will invest US $ 130 million in content manager company
Facebook announced an investment plan for the creation of a control court for offensive content, fake news, that promote sexual harassment or violence, among other controversial cases. The preliminary sum for the initiative is US $ 130…
YouTube improves anti-bullying policies
YouTube updated its anti-bullying policies with a stronger position against personal attacks, prohibiting implied threats and any type of offensive language and tightening sanctions against stalkers, eliminating toxic comments.
Although…
Samsung and Telefónica create algorithm to identify stalkers
A group of academic researchers, with the support of Samsung and Telefónica, developed an algorithm that is able to automatically identify Twitter accounts that carry out cyberbullying actions against other people, achieving an…
Instagram will fight the harassment with AI
The social network Instagram, a Facebook application to share photographs, announced that it will combat harassment in networks through Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The developers of the application added functionalities that will allow…
Google accused of favoring young candidates in the labor market
The alleged inequality in hiring by the Google search engine is the cause of a collective lawsuit that the US giant could not evade.
According to statements from some of those affected, Google has established a pattern of hiring that…